OFFICIAL

Dear Mr Stewart

We write to acknowledge receipt of your request, under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (FOI Act), seeking the following documents:

                I request the data referred to in this article -
[1]https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/lon...
and comparable data up to this date, as well as the data source.

The Treasury received your request on 18 February 2024. The FOI Act
provides that we have 14 days to acknowledge, and 30 days to process, the
request. This period may be extended if we need to consult third parties
or for other reasons. We will advise you if this happens.

We will advise you if a charge is payable to process your request and the
amount of any such charge as soon as possible.

We make the following assumptions that affect the scope of the request.
These are set out below.

It is our usual practice:

•              not to disclose the personal information of government
employees or the personal contact details of senior government employees
(including those of the Treasury). The names of senior officers will
generally be released.

•              not to release duplicates of any document captured within
the scope of the request.

•              only the final version of a document will be considered
within scope.

Please inform us if you do not agree to the request being processed on the
above assumptions. If we do not hear from you, your request will be
processed on the basis that these documents are outside the scope of your
request.

We will contact you using the email address you provided. Please advise if
you would prefer us to use an alternative means of contact.

If you have any questions in relation to your application, please contact
the FOI Team on 02 6263 2800.

Kind regards

Freedom of Information Officer

The Treasury

Ph: +61 2 6263 2800

e: [2][email address]

The Department of the Treasury (the Treasury) may collect your personal
information where it is reasonably necessary for, or directly related to,
our functions, including those under the Freedom of Information Act 1982
(FOI Act) and the Privacy Act 1988. We may collect your name, email
address and telephone number in order to contact you about your request or
privacy complaint. We hold personal information in accordance with the
Privacy Act and our privacy policy. If you have an enquiry or complaint
about your privacy, please contact the Privacy Officer on 02 6263 1384  or
via e-mail [3][email address]. You can find further information
about how the Treasury handles personal information in the Treasury’s
privacy policy.

If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately by
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been sent to you in error, that error does not constitute waiver of any
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contained within the email or attachments.

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OFFICIAL

Dear Mr Stewart,

I refer to your FOI 3545, seeking access to data that was released by
Treasury in relation to the impacts of long COVID on labour markets.  

Due to the capacity constraints, it has become apparent that we require
additional time to effectively process your request. The relevant branch
is dealing with a high workload and will be further stretched with
upcoming forecasting rounds for the Federal Budget. We seek your agreement
to a 24-day extension of time to process the request. Under section 15AA
of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) you can agree to extensions
of up to 30 days.

We would be grateful for your response by COB Thursday 29 February 2024.
The current statutory timeframe is 19 March 2024. The extension of time
would extend the deadline to 12 April 2024. We apologise for any
inconvenience this delay may cause.

Kind regards,

Freedom of Information Officer

The Treasury

Ph: +61 2 6263 2800

e: [1][email address]

The Department of the Treasury (the Treasury) may collect your personal
information where it is reasonably necessary for, or directly related to,
our functions, including those under the Freedom of Information Act 1982
(FOI Act) and the Privacy Act 1988. We may collect your name, email
address and telephone number in order to contact you about your request or
privacy complaint. We hold personal information in accordance with the
Privacy Act and our privacy policy. If you have an enquiry or complaint
about your privacy, please contact the Privacy Officer on 02 6263 1384  or
via e-mail [2][email address]. You can find further information
about how the Treasury handles personal information in the Treasury’s
[3]privacy policy.

If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately by
return email and delete all copies. If this email or any attachments have
been sent to you in error, that error does not constitute waiver of any
confidentiality, privilege or copyright in respect of information
contained within the email or attachments.

OFFICIAL

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OFFICIAL
Dear Mr Stewart

We have identified a third party that might reasonably wish to make an exemption contention under the FOI Act, namely section 27 (business).

The statutory timeframe for processing this request will be extended by 30 days to allow for consultation to occur with this third party.

Kind regards,

Freedom of Information Officer
The Treasury
Ph: +61 2 6263 2800
e: [email address]

The Department of the Treasury (the Treasury) may collect your personal information where it is reasonably necessary for, or directly related to, our functions, including those under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) and the Privacy Act 1988. We may collect your name, email address and telephone number in order to contact you about your request or privacy complaint. We hold personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act and our privacy policy. If you have an enquiry or complaint about your privacy, please contact the Privacy Officer on 02 6263 1384  or via e-mail [email address]. You can find further information about how the Treasury handles personal information in the Treasury’s privacy policy.

If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately by return email and delete all copies. If this email or any attachments have been sent to you in error, that error does not constitute waiver of any confidentiality, privilege or copyright in respect of information contained within the email or attachments.

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Dear Mr Stewart

The FOI 3545 decision is attached.

Kind regards,

Freedom of Information Officer
The Treasury
Ph: +61 2 6263 2800
e: [email address]

The Department of the Treasury (the Treasury) may collect your personal information where it is reasonably necessary for, or directly related to, our functions, including those under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) and the Privacy Act 1988. We may collect your name, email address and telephone number in order to contact you about your request or privacy complaint. We hold personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act and our privacy policy. If you have an enquiry or complaint about your privacy, please contact the Privacy Officer on 02 6263 1384  or via e-mail [email address]. You can find further information about how the Treasury handles personal information in the Treasury's privacy policy.

If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately by return email and delete all copies. If this email or any attachments have been sent to you in error, that error does not constitute waiver of any confidentiality, privilege or copyright in respect of information contained within the email or attachments.

OFFICIAL

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